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Oct. 16 1923. 1,470,648

- J. H. SAGER BUMPER Filed Sept. 29. 1921 I 2 IN V EN TOR.

2 ATTORNEYS.

Patented @et. l6, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. SAGER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO I. H. SAGER COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Applcaton filed September 29, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMns H. SAenR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bumpers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to bumpers and more particularly to the type designed for use on motor vehicles, an object of this invention being to provide a bumper which is light in structure, strong and durable in use, and has a wide central impact portion which permits the bumper to impinge bumpers on other cars arranged at different heights.

To this and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter de-- scribed, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Fig. l is a face view of the front bar of the bumper;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bumper;

F 3 is a fragmentary view of the bumper showing the manner in which the rear bow member is secured to the front bar; and

Fig. 4; is another fragmentary view showing the connection between the rear bow member and the front bar.

In the illustrated embodiment of the in vention the front bar of the bumper is in the form of single piece of resilient sheet material having a wide central portion 1 and narrow ends 2, the central portion being, if desired, ornamented in any suitable manner as by two tapering slots 8 extending in opposite directions symmetrically arranged with reference to such central portion. The front bar may be supported at its ends by two spring arms l which are secured in any suitable manner to the vehicle, as by anchoring pieces 5 bolted to the frame bar 6, the spring arms f being turned outwardly and adjustably connected at 7 to the extreme ends of the narrow portions 2 of the front bar.

The bumper is alsosupported by a rear spring bow 8 formed, in this instance, from one piece of material having its ends se- Seral No. 504,026.

cured to the anchoring pieces 5 and being secured to the rear face of the wide central portion of the front bar. This rear bow member has its convex side facing forwa-rdly, and is narrower in width than the central portion of the front bar. The plane of this how is substantially in the plane of the end portions 2, so that the central portion of the front bar projects above and below the rear bow. To secure the rear bow to the front bar the latter is provided with two openings above and below the rear bow and through these openings bolts 9 are passed, these bolts lying above and below the rear bow and being connected to their rear ends by a clamping plate 10 which cooperates with the rear face of the rear bow.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a bumper of light construction which is strong and durable in use, this bumper having the front bar formed of one piece with a wide and central portion which projects above and below the rear bow, the rear bow being se cured to the wide portion in the plane with the narrow end portions of the front bar so as to be inconspicuous from the front of the vehicle. The securing means, between the front bar and the rear bow, is such that it is unnecessary to perforate the rear how, the clamping means passing around the rear bow and the upper and lower edges of such rear bow, thus giving effective clamping action. The bolt heads at the front of the bumper are situated so as not to materially weaken the front bar while, at the same time, they tend to ornament such bar.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A pumper comprising a front bumper bar formed of a single piece of spring material wider at its central portion than at its ends, a rear bow narrower in width than the central portion, abutting the rear face of the front bar atits wide and central portion in a plane with the narrow end portions, bolts passing through the central portion above and below the rear bow, and a clamping plate held by said bolts on the rear face of the rear bow.

JAMES H. SAGER. 

